Job seekers considering careers in manufacturing should consider working with a staffing firm to carve out a career path to gain real-world experience, learn new skills, and advance in their career.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the manufacturing industry has the most jobs of any goods-producing industry in the United States, producing more than 12 million jobs and representing 8.8 percent of total U.S. employment.
Despite these opportunities, there is still a significant shortage of skilled/qualified manufacturing employees in the United States.
That’s why many employers turn to staffing firms to help solve hiring challenges.
The reason is simple: Manufacturing staffing firms have a team of dedicated recruiters, a pipeline of qualified candidates, and the resources to help employers solve their light industrial and manufacturing staffing challenges. Many light industrial and manufacturing employers only use/work with staffing firms, and don’t advertise open jobs anywhere other than through their partnership with a staffing firm.
That’s also another reason why job seekers considering careers in manufacturing should consider working with a staffing firm to carve out a career path to gain real-world experience, learn new skills, and advance in their career.
Below we look at a variety of manufacturing jobs and the education required to advance to various roles within the manufacturing sector:
The reality is, there are thousands of manufacturing workers across the country who currently hold good-paying, permanent full-time roles with manufacturing organizations because they started out in an entry-level, temporary, temp-to-hire, or contract role with a manufacturing staffing firm.
How can one achieve similar success? By working with a recruiter to create a career path that fits an individual’s goals, and industry opportunities. Recruiters are knowledgeable about the latest – and future – manufacturing hiring trends/needs and can identify critical jobs where there are skills shortages and opportunities for advancement.
Once an employee starts working in the manufacturing sector, they soon learn about the many career paths within manufacturing (such as those above), and the requirements (education or skills) to advance and can then go back to the staffing firm recruiter to express their goals and develop a plan to accomplish those goals.
Recruiters can then work with job seekers to help them achieve these goals, through on-the-job training, education, and by placing them in new or different roles within the manufacturing sector.
If you’re looking for a manufacturing job in the Los Angeles, Orange County, or San Fernando Valley areas, contact Reliable Resources to hear about their current job openings.
